In November, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the trials of the accused 9/11 planners would be held in federal court in New York. But reports indicate that in response to pressure from Congress and local New York City officials, the administration is not only considering transferring the cases to another federal court, but might even move them to the discredited military commission system. The American Civil Liberties Union strongly believes that the correct place to try the 9/11 and other terrorism suspects is in federal criminal court, and that the military commissions are a second class system of justice which should be shut down for good. The Constitution is not optional, and the rule of law must be restored.